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ALBANY & TROY
Annual conference to examine Emancipation Proclamation, Tubman
Saturday, April 6, 2013
“Milestones on the Road to Freedom” will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the 100th anniversary of Harriet Tubman’s death, and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
In 1969, groups were eager to celebrate Passover, Easter (with photos)
Monday, March 25, 2013
People were in the mood for spring in 1969. They were also in the moods for Passover and Easter. And for singing and decorating.
AMSTERDAM
Sanford farm eyed for National Register
Friday, March 22, 2013
The historic Sanford Stud Farm is being recommended for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, a step caretakers hope will spark new energy into efforts to restore what remains of the site, which played an important role in the state’s horse racing history.
ALBANY
High-tech identifies museum mummy
Thursday, March 21, 2013
On Thursday, officials at the Albany Institute of History & Art announced that one of the museum’s oldest residents has been cursed by mistaken identity for the past 104 years.
In March ’70, kids, grown-ups were up for some unusual fun
Monday, March 18, 2013
Some people were in strange moods during March 1970. It had to be spring fever — a woman wore a cake on her head, 13 boys climbed a large tree, young women danced in medieval dress and teenagers took over county government.
Blizzard of ’93 remains region’s second-largest March storm
Monday, March 11, 2013
Winter delivered a wallop to the Capital Region 20 years ago this week. It was the blizzard of 1993 — a nor’easter that dropped 26.6 inches of snow in the middle of March.
Split by Civil War, a family’s letters reflect that historic time
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Local historian Paul Schneider can’t be sure just how Sarah McGuire’s family felt about George Shields. Not only did the Scot immigrant marry their daughter Sarah and take her away from Waterford down to Columbia, S.C., he also manufactured ammunition for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Symposium to take deeper look at life, work of Harriet Tubman
Thursday, March 7, 2013
In her mind’s eye, University at Albany professor Janell Hobson has a pretty good picture of Harriet Tubman, and it looks nothing at all like the slave heroine portrayed in the 2012 movie “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”
ALBANY
Albany photographer covered Tojo capture
Monday, March 4, 2013
Albany native John J. Wilpers Jr. became part of history in 1945, when he and other U.S. counterintelligence officers took Hideki Tojo into custody.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Yaddo named U.S. landmark
Monday, March 4, 2013
Yaddo, the artists’ retreat on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs that has hosted some of the great artists of the past century, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
ALBANY
John Wilpers Jr., hero in WWII, dies
Monday, March 4, 2013
John J. Wilpers Jr., the last surviving member of the U.S. Army intelligence unit that captured former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo after World War II, has died at 93.
Events in March '68 include St. Patrick’s party, benefit concert, college caravan
Monday, March 4, 2013
In March of '68, local people were gearing up for St. Patrick's Day, a concert benefit and a college caravan, among other events.
Winter carnivals of ’88 attracted ‘sculptors,’ ‘mushers’ and ‘bowlers’ (with photos)
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
Winter fans are on the lookout for snow in the Capital Region this year. Winter fan Laurie Fregeau built a lookout from snow at Saratoga’s Winter Frolic in February 1988. Other people had fun there and at the annual Lions Club Winter Carnival in Albany.
Musical ‘Big River’ central to theme of Proctor’s Gala in ’88
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
"Big River,” a musical about Huck Finn and his friends on the Mississippi River, played Proctor’s Theatre in Schenectady — now known as Proctors — in February of 1988. The show became the main attraction for the Proctor’s Theatre Gala.
Local folks had hearts in right place in February ’78
Monday, Feb. 11, 2013
Tom Czaban had a heart when it came to hubcaps in February '78.
